ST. LOUIS – Motorists leaving St. Louis City trying to get an early travel start for Labor Day should give themselves extra time as MoDOT will close more than two miles of westbound I-44. Starting Friday, September 1 at 10 p.m., all lanes of westbound I-44 from the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge to the Poplar Street Bridge will close so crews can remove barrier wall and restripe lanes. All lanes of westbound I-44 and southbound I-55 from the Poplar Street Bridge to the I-44/I-55 split will also be closed. Drivers will only be able to continue on I-70 to the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge or exit to Tucker.

The I-70 express lanes will also close Friday, September 1 at 7 p.m. and the following will close starting at 9 p.m.:

The ramp from westbound Poplar Street Bridge to Walnut/eastbound I-44.

All lanes are expected to reopen by Saturday, September 2 at noon.

Otherwise, the majority of construction work on state routes will stop starting Friday, September 1 at noon for the Labor Day holiday weekend. This does not include locations where work zones have permanent lane closures or barriers up. Those will remain in place. Work will resume around the region on Tuesday, September 5 at 9 a.m.

I-44, St. Louis City, one lane closed eastbound I-44/northbound I-55 from the I-44/I-55 interchange to the Poplar Street Bridge until December.

I-44, St. Louis City, one lane closed from the eastbound I-44 ramp to northbound I-55 until December.

I-44, St. Louis City, one lane closed eastbound and westbound between Shrewsbury and Jamieson through December. The remaining lanes are narrowed and shifted.

I-44, St. Louis City, the ramp from Shrewsbury to eastbound I-44 is closed through December.

I-55, St. Louis City, the ramp from 8th Street/Marion to northbound I-55 is closed until December.

I-64, St. Louis City, one lane closed eastbound across the Poplar Street Bridge into Illinois until summer 2018. Traffic will split around the lane closure. Traffic wanting to access Illinois Route 3 must use the right lane.

Route 94, St. Charles County, the westbound ramp to eastbound Route 364 is narrowed through spring 2018.

Please see the list of daily road closures, weather permitting:

Thursday, August 31

I-55, St. Louis City, 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., the northbound ramp to the Poplar Street Bridge will be closed.

I-64, St. Louis City, until 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. to noon Friday, one lane closed eastbound from 6th Street across the Poplar Street Bridge.